Starting in May, visitors to architect Philip Johnson's renowned Glass House in New Canaan, Conn., will have a twice-monthly option of taking a self-guided tour, allowing them to linger in the house and at several other Johnson-designed buildings on the 49-acre grounds.
Glass House guides will be on hand to provide background and answer questions.
A variety of guided tours also is available when the grounds are open, from May 1 to Nov. 30.
Visitors this year also will be treated to "Veil," an installation by the Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya, where a shroud of mist will periodically enclose the house and then gradually disappear to reveal the landscape.
The self-guided tours and installation are part of an initiative by the new director Henry Urbach to enliven Glass House visits through readings, performances, sleep-overs, art exhibitions and other offerings, spokeswoman Christa Carr said in an email.
Philip Johnson, the founding director of the department of architecture at the Museum of Modern Art, helped define modern architecture in America. His all-glass, one-room house, built from 1949 to 1955 as a weekend retreat, pioneered the use of materials such as glass and steel in home design.
The landscape completely surrounds the house, which is situated at the edge of a crest overlooking a pond. Johnson turned the house over to the National Trust before his death in 2005, and it was opened to the public in 2007. Tours depart by shuttle from the visitor center in downtown New Canaan. Prices range from $30 to $250 a person; the self-guided option is $75.
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